MY FAVOURITE HOBBY

        I have many hobbies. I like playing basketball, watching TV, playing computer games. But my favourite hobby is col­lecting postal stamps. When I buy my stamps, I usually ride a bike to do it or run to the Post Office or special shops and buy my stamps there. When I get my stamps, I will trade with some of my friends and my brother. We also put them into stamp cases. I started this hobby in the summer of 2001. My best friend got me interested in stamps collecting. Whenever I went over to his house, he had his cards out and we looked at them. He has a huge and very interesting collection of stamps. I usu­ally spend around 20-30 grivnas to buy some stamps every month. I like doing this hobby, because I like trying to get the stamps that are worth a lot of money. I also like stamps that have pictures of animals and birds. I like flora and fauna stamps. It shows how diverse the Earth life is.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is my favourite hobby?

2. Where do I usually buy stamps?

3. When did I start the hobby of collecting postal stamps?

4. How many grivnas do I spend for buying stamps every month?

VOCABULARY:

postal stamp — почтовая марка

to ride (past rode, p.p. ridden) a bike — ездить на велоси­педе

to run (past ran, p.p. run) — бежать, мчаться

to trade — купить, торговаться

whenever — всякий раз, когда; когда бы ни

to look at  — смотреть на

to spend (past spent, p.p. spent) — тратить

to be worth — стоить

flora — флора

fauna— фауна

diverse — многообразный, различный, разнообразный, разный